The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-28

Henry Schwartz and Newton
Watt, the Rock Island train robbers,
were on the 23d, sentenced in Chicago,
to Imprisonment for life. Leave was
granted to file exceptions by August
21st.
Edmund Won THly, a teacher of
languages, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself, in a clearinghouse in
New York, on the morning OF the 23d.
No cause is assigned. lie was formerly
an officer in the Austrian army, and
was decorated for bravery. W. w.
Dawson committed suicide at Mexico,
Missouri, on the 23d, by shooting him
self through the heart. ''He had just
returned from Dodge City, Kansas,
where he had been dseced of all his
money by land sharks"
"A telegram from Lock Haven,
Penna., says the forest fires on the 22d,
destroyed the dwelling Of John Wash
burne, IN Greene township, and a saw
mill in Gallagher township. The fires
were still raging On the 23d, destroying
valuable timber and large quantities of
bark.
Two men, named Cox and Schafe,
sought shelter under a tree during a
thunderstorm in Howard county, Ar
kansas, on the evening of the 2lst, aud
were Killed by lightning. During a
thunder. storm neal Chattanooga, on
the evening of the 22d, several men
and horses were struck by lightning
under a tree and the horses were killed.
1t is believed the men were fatally in
|jured. John Larsen and wife were killed
by lightning at Brandon, Minnesota,
on the afternoon of the 2lst.
The wall of a dilapidated building
on Hall Place, New York, collapsed on
the 23d. carrying ten laborers, eve of
whom were severely injured.
Peter johnson was drowned by the
upsetting of q boat on Hopatcong
Lake, New Jersey, on the evening of
the 22d. A companion who was with
him was found On the morning of the
23d. cllnging to the bottom of the up
turned boat in a half unconscious state
AT Wilmington, North Carolina,
on the oath, Grant West, colored, aged
II years, who killed three of his COM
panions and wounded two others at
one shot a short time since. was found
guilty of murder in the first degree. At
the time of the shooting there was a
general impression that it was the re-
suit of c~arelessnes5. William Worn
ecke shot and wounded his sister, Mrs.
Rumpe, and then blew out his brains,
near Houston, Texas, on the 2lst.
Near Bayou Gould, Louisiana, on the
Odd, Benjamin Bates quarreiled with
his nephew, Joseph, and shot him
dead. Peter Bates, Joseph's father,
then shot and mortally wounded bis
brother Benjlmln.
Recent rains III the Northwest
have e~xtinguished most of the forest
fires in Wisconsin and Upper Michi-
gan. and have greatly benefited the
pastures and crops.
Trouble is reported in the Choctaw
Nation, forty miles north of Paris,
Texas, 1t appears that two weeks ago
two mel named Wilson, full blood
Choctaw Indians, were killed in a
row W. the election OF a deputy
sheriff in Lawson county. Since the
killing, the Sheriff elect has been
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three men were found on Clear Greek,
neal DoakyilIe, one of which is sup
posed to be that of tie newly elected
Sheriff.
-Idana, a village near Clay Centre,
Kansas. was visited on the evening of
the 23d by a tornado, which wrecked
five dwellings and IA school house, ard
blew six cars from the railroad track.
Only u person wa injured.
Hog cholera is said to be deetroy-
thousands of swine IN Mexico, and
has so injured the sale of pork that
many pork shops III the City of Mexico
have been closed.
"A boiler exploded In the sawmill
OF Pablo Crlspire, thirty ml'es from
Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the
morning of the 22d, wrecking the
building and killing two men. An
other man was fatally injured,
Some laborers at Menlo Park,
New jersey, were struck by Il railroad
on the morning of the 24th. One
of them was killed and two were in
one, it was feared, fatally.
Michael Train, 80 years of age, o
messenger in the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington was on the morn
ing of the Oath seized with dizziness
on the fourth floor of the Treasury
building and fell over a balustrade into
one of the sand piles sixty feet below.
He was instantly killed.
The house of William A. Camp
bell, ut Shlekshinny. Penna was en-
by a burglar on the morning of
The gath. The Tobber was speedily |
captured by Mr.. Campbell, who COW
cred him with a revolver and kept him
in the room until the police arrived. He
was taken before an alderman and COM
The prisoner, who is described
as a well-dressed and good looking |
young man, gives his name as Charles
Spencer. of Philadelphia.
While returning from a prayer
meeting pear Leora, Missouri, on the
of the 22d, James l.. Butler
was killed by lightning, and Robert
Mccain dangerously injured. Four
were shocked. A son of Michael
WEIGH was killed by lightning while
a base ball game at Whitehall, |
Illinois, on the 22d.